Thomas, a Yale Law School graduate himself, criticized the U.S.
News and World Report law school rankings at the University of
Florida on Friday, arguing that the individual, not the
institution, determines how successful a lawyer will be,
according to AP.

"My new bias, which I now embrace, is that I don't eliminate the
Ivies in hiring, but I intentionally prefer kids from regular
backgrounds and regular students," said Thomas, according to
AP.

He defended the notion that smart students could be everywhere
and may be anyone—male or female, black or white, or from public
schools.

"They're from all over," he said, according to AP. "I look at the
kid who shows up. Is this a kid that could work for me?"

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